Short Cards On The Table Poems

If I must tell the truth about getting old,
Then I shall put all my cards on the table
Even when I’m naked I still want to
Slip into something more comfortable...

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My heart pulsates in my chest
When you come around
All bets are off
I lay my cards on the table
As you shuffle the deck
And I tremble to think
That you actually know me 
Yet still stay by my side...

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A man walks into a bar
and throws all of his cards on the table
his best, his worst,
all of his moments 
and dreams
spilling out
with him in a pool of blood,
tears,
vomit, 
piss,
and a laugh,
and a stumble,
and a moment of angelic grace,
when he touches the sky
with a bit of fiery wit
and a story
that proves he's more of a man,
than he who walks out with a limp
because he hates his own leg,
and walks into a bar
to throw all of his cards on the table....

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